Category Archives: Quotes

Erica Jong says if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the … Continue reading →

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Allen Ginsberg says no sleep without dreams of love…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Attempted Love

“No rest without love, no sleep without dreams of love- be mad or chill obsessed with angels or machines, the final wish is love  -cannot be bitter, cannot deny, cannot withhold if denied: the weight is too heavy” – Allen … Continue reading →

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Jack Kerouac says boys and girls in America have such a sad time together…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk — real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is … Continue reading →

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Alexandre Dumas says never look for discretion in first love…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Attempted Love

“We must never look for discretion in first love. First love is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless this joy be allowed to overflow, it will stifle you.” – Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

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Robert Musil says the feeling of not being understood and of not understanding the world is no mere accompaniment of first passion…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Attempted Love

“The feeling of not being understood and of not understanding the world is no mere accompaniment of first passion, but its sole non-accidental cause. And the passion itself is a panic-stricken flight in which being together with the other means … Continue reading →

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Abigail Tarttelin says think of that person you knew when you were a kid…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Attempted Love

“Think of that person you knew when you were a kid, who you always thought you could have loved completely and forever.  Well, you could have. It’s the truth, and it’s the saddest and simplest thing. There isn’t just one … Continue reading →

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Blakney Francis says I was seventeen all over again…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Attempted Love

“I was seventeen all over again, falling into intrigue with the boy who was an exquisite contradiction.” – Blakney Francis, Someone I Used to Know

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